The annual DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a global, online competition comprised of individual, progressive-level, digital forensic exercises. The purpose of the challenge is to promote and generate interest in digital forensics; establish relationships within the digital forensics community; address the major obstacles and dilemmas confronting digital forensics investigators and examiners; and develop new tools, techniques, and methodologies. Throughout the 10 1/2 month contest starting on 15 Dec each year, teams can register and submit their solutions. Regardless of registration date, all final submissions are due the following 1 Nov. The DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a global contest and has multiple winning categories:

The annual DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a global, online competition comprised of individual, progressive-level, digital forensic exercises. The purpose of the challenge is to promote and generate interest in digital forensics; establish relationships within the digital forensics community; address the major obstacles and dilemmas confronting digital forensics investigators and examiners; and develop new tools, techniques, and methodologies. Throughout the 10 1/2 month contest starting on 15 Dec each year, teams can register and submit their solutions. Regardless of registration date, all final submissions are due the following 1 Nov. The DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a global contest and has multiple winning categories:

From education and training to employment opportunities, Maryland has become the epicenter for cyber crime investigations and cybersecurity. DC3 has created the DC3 Maryland Digital Forensics Challenge a subset of the overall DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge to encourage Marylanders to participate and to consider digital forensics as a possible career path. Participants residing in Maryland will be eligible to receive a special recognition at the close of 2012 in addition to their general DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge prize eligibility.

From education and training to employment opportunities, Maryland has become the epicenter for cyber crime investigations and cybersecurity. DC3 has created the DC3 Maryland Digital Forensics Challenge a subset of the overall DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge to encourage Marylanders to participate and to consider digital forensics as a possible career path. Participants residing in Maryland will be eligible to receive a special recognition at the close of 2012 in addition to their general DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge prize eligibility.

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'''SANS Institute for the U.S. High School and U.S. Undergraduate prizes'''

'''SANS Institute for the U.S. High School and U.S. Undergraduate prizes'''

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The [[SANS Institute|SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute]] is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center. SANS is also a sponsor in the Center for Strategic & International Studies US Cyber Challenge.

'''IMPACT for the Non-U.S. prize'''

'''IMPACT for the Non-U.S. prize'''

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== 2011 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge ==

== 2011 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge ==

A total of 1147 teams from 50 states and 52 countries applied to enter the 2011 DC3 Challenge. This is a 3% increase in team applications from 1,110 teams from 48 states and 53 countries entered in 2010. Of that number of teams in 2011, 174 teams submitted solution packets back to FX for grading. This is a 149% increase in the number of submissions returned to the DC3 Challenge from 2010 with 70 submissions returned.

A total of 1147 teams from 50 states and 52 countries applied to enter the 2011 DC3 Challenge. This is a 3% increase in team applications from 1,110 teams from 48 states and 53 countries entered in 2010. Of that number of teams in 2011, 174 teams submitted solution packets back to FX for grading. This is a 149% increase in the number of submissions returned to the DC3 Challenge from 2010 with 70 submissions returned.

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'''2011 Sponsors'''

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'''''The SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute: '''''

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SANS sponsored the 1st place US High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate categories offering a trip to the 2012 DoD Cyber Crime Conference (conference fee not included) for up to 4 team members.

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'''''IMPACT: '''''

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IMPACT sponsored the 1st place Non-US Winner offering a trip to Malaysia for IMPACT training.

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John Hopkins University (JHU) along with CyberWatch sponsored the 1st US Community College Winner offering scholarship money to up to 4 team members.

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The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) sponsored the 1st place Non US Civilian, Commercial, High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate categories, in addition to the US Academic, Government, and Military categories. They offer teams a plaque, a pass to the Hacker Halted Conference, and any free EC-Council electronic courseware on Ethical Hacking, Computer Forensics, Security Analysis, or Disaster Recovery of their choice.

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The UK Challenge sponsored its own category offering the winning team of up to 4 members two weeks at the new UK Cyber Security Academy and an invitation to take part is the UK’s Masterclass Challenge.

NIST OLES sponsored the US Government Winner offering a trip to the 2012 DoD Cyber Crime Conference (conference fees excluded) for up to 4 team members.

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'''''Paraben : '''''

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Paraben sponsored the 1st place US Undergraduate and 1st and 2nd Place US Government and Military categories offering the Paraben Device Seizure Software & Toolbox to all teams and a paid internship to the Undergraduate winner(s).

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The USCC sponsored the 1st place US Undergraduate Winner offering a trip to the 2012 DoD Cyber Crime Conference (conference fees excluded) for up to 4 team members.

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AccessData sponsored the 1st place US Undergraduate Winner offering a copy of Access Data FTK current version, two free training classes (online or in classroom), a optional 60 Day internship, and paid travel expenses and hotel room

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Dell sponsored the US Overall and US High School categories offering a Dell Streak 7 tablet for up to 4 team members.

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McAfee sponsored the US Community College Winner offering Skullcandy headphones, the Hacking Exposed book, McAfee Total Protection software, and a lunch box/sack for up to 4 team members.

DC3 Challenge

[DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge]
The annual DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a global, online competition comprised of individual, progressive-level, digital forensic exercises. The purpose of the challenge is to promote and generate interest in digital forensics; establish relationships within the digital forensics community; address the major obstacles and dilemmas confronting digital forensics investigators and examiners; and develop new tools, techniques, and methodologies. Throughout the 10 1/2 month contest starting on 15 Dec each year, teams can register and submit their solutions. Regardless of registration date, all final submissions are due the following 1 Nov. The DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a global contest and has multiple winning categories:

From education and training to employment opportunities, Maryland has become the epicenter for cyber crime investigations and cybersecurity. DC3 has created the DC3 Maryland Digital Forensics Challenge a subset of the overall DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge to encourage Marylanders to participate and to consider digital forensics as a possible career path. Participants residing in Maryland will be eligible to receive a special recognition at the close of 2012 in addition to their general DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge prize eligibility.

The DC3 Maryland Digital Forensics Challenge is open to all individuals physically residing in Maryland at the time of submission.

2007 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge

The 2007 Challenge introduced new topics, such as: Bitlocker cracking and recovering data from destroyed USB thumb drives. With 126 teams competing, and 11 entries submitted, a team of students from the Air Force Institute of Technology won the event.

2008 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge

Beginning with the 2008 Challenge, the contest was broken into four skill levels: Novice, Skilled, Expert, and Genius. New challenges included: detection of malicious software, partition recovery, file header reconstruction, Skype analysis, and foreign text identification and translation. With 199 teams competing, and 20 entries submitted, the competition was won by Chris Eagle and Tim Vidas of the Naval Postgraduate School. The 2008 Challenge also marked the first time that all results were released publicly.

2009 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge

A total of 1,153 teams from 49 states and 61 countries applied to enter the 2009 DC3 Challenge. This is an increase from 223 teams from 40 states and 26 countries entered in 2008. Of that number of teams in 2009, 44 teams submitted solution packets back to FX for grading.

2009 Sponsors

SANS Institute for the U.S. High School and U.S. Undergraduate prizes

The SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center. SANS is also a sponsor in the Center for Strategic & International Studies US Cyber Challenge.

IMPACT for the Non-U.S. prize

The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Threats (IMPACT) and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center have partnered to provide a Digital Forensic Challenge opportunity for non-U.S. entries. This opportunity will provide an international aspect to a previously U.S.-based event and allow additional insight into global methods to fight cyber crime.

2009 Winners' Circle

With the four available prizes for 2009, the official winners of the Challenger were:

Prize

Team

Points

DC3 Prize (U.S. Winner)

Little Bobby Tables

1,772

SANS Prize - High School (U.S.)

pwnage

1,309

SANS Prize - Undergraduate (U.S.)

WilmU

1,732

IMPACT Prize (International & Overall)

DFRC

2,014

2010 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge

A total of 1010 teams from 48 states and 53 countries applied to enter the 2010 DC3 Challenge. This is a 12% decrease in team applications from 1,153 teams from 49 states and 61 countries entered in 2009. Of that number of teams in 2010, 70 teams submitted solution packets back to FX for grading. This is a 59% increase in the number of submissions returned to the DC3 Challenge from 2009 with 44 submissions returned.

2010 Sponsors

New in 2010, several new sponsors provided additional prizes to allow for multiple winners:

SANS Institute for the U.S. High School and U.S. Undergraduate prizes

The SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center. SANS is also a sponsor in the Center for Strategic & International Studies US Cyber Challenge.

IMPACT for the Non-U.S. prize

The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Threats (IMPACT) and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center have partnered to provide a Digital Forensic Challenge opportunity for non-U.S. entries. This opportunity will provide an international aspect to a previously U.S.-based event and allow additional insight into global methods to fight cyber crime.

The winner(s) of the International category from an IMPACT-member country will be eligible to fly to Malaysia for a tour of the IMPACT facility in Cyberjaya, official presentation of a commemorative plaque and potential grants of EC-Council and SANS courses.

EC-Council for US Government, US Military, Commercial, and Civilian individual prizes

The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a world leader in Information Security Certification and Training. With over 450 training locations for it’s information security courses in over 60 countries, it is a world leader in technical training and certification for the Information Security community. It is a trusted source for vendor neutral Information Security training solutions. EC-Council and DC3 have partnered to expand prize awards opportunities for our DC3 Digital Forensic Challenge. EC-Council will sponsor the categories of:

U.S. Government

U.S. Military

Civilian for all U.S. and non-U.S. entries

Commercial teams for all U.S. and non-U.S. entries

The winning teams of the Civilian, Commercial, Government, and Military categories will receive the following prizes for up to 4 members from the EC-Council:

The Johns Hopkins/CyberWatch (JHU/CW) winning team will be recognized as the academic leader at the U.S. Community College level. The winning team members will also be presented with an award to mark their outstanding achievement.

UK Cyber Security Challenge

Cyber Security Challenge UK and DC3 have partnered together to provide an opportunity for teams consisting of all UK citizens residing in the UK.
The UK Challenge winning team will be offered two prizes from Cyber Security Challenge UK:

Two weeks at the new UK Cyber Security Academy, which develops the skills required of next-generation cyber security specialists, including courses on digital forensics, threat and risk management, cyber-crime, and emerging security technologies.

Invitations to take part in the Cyber Security Challenge UK’s masterclass challenge to compete against other successful contestants from other UK Challenge competitions.

2010 Winners' Circle

Prize

Team

Points

DC3 Prize (U.S. Winner)

Williams Twin Forensics

1,470

SANS Prize - High School (U.S.)

Crash Override

361

SANS Prize - Undergraduate (U.S.)

Team Name

1,129

IMPACT Prize (International)

DFRC

3,297

EC-COUNCIL Prize (US GOVT)

LBPDCCID

409

EC-COUNCIL Prize (US Military)

Batcheej

88

EC-COUNCIL Prize (Commercial)

Little Tree

1,791

EC-COUNCIL Prize (Civilian)

William Twins Forensics

1,470

JHU Prize (Community College)

PWNsauce

84

UK Cyber Security Challenge

Mine Inc

352

2011 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge

A total of 1147 teams from 50 states and 52 countries applied to enter the 2011 DC3 Challenge. This is a 3% increase in team applications from 1,110 teams from 48 states and 53 countries entered in 2010. Of that number of teams in 2011, 174 teams submitted solution packets back to FX for grading. This is a 149% increase in the number of submissions returned to the DC3 Challenge from 2010 with 70 submissions returned.

2011 Sponsors

Sponsor participation increased significantly with both the number of sponsors and the number of categories each sponsor supported.

The SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute:
SANS sponsored the 1st place US High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate categories offering a trip to the 2012 DoD Cyber Crime Conference (conference fee not included) for up to 4 team members.

IMPACT:
IMPACT sponsored the 1st place Non-US Winner offering a trip to Malaysia for IMPACT training.

JHU/CyberWatch:
John Hopkins University (JHU) along with CyberWatch sponsored the 1st US Community College Winner offering scholarship money to up to 4 team members.

The EC-Council:
The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) sponsored the 1st place Non US Civilian, Commercial, High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate categories, in addition to the US Academic, Government, and Military categories. They offer teams a plaque, a pass to the Hacker Halted Conference, and any free EC-Council electronic courseware on Ethical Hacking, Computer Forensics, Security Analysis, or Disaster Recovery of their choice.

Cyber Security Challenge UK:
The UK Challenge sponsored its own category offering the winning team of up to 4 members two weeks at the new UK Cyber Security Academy and an invitation to take part is the UK’s Masterclass Challenge.

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International
AFCEA sponsored the 1st place US Government, Military, and Undergraduate categories offering a 1 year membership to their organization.

BlackBag Technologies:
BlackBag sponsored the US Overall winning team offering BBT Forensic Kit for up to 4 team members.

National Institute of Standards and Technology Law Enforcement Standards Office (NIST OLES):
NIST OLES sponsored the US Government Winner offering a trip to the 2012 DoD Cyber Crime Conference (conference fees excluded) for up to 4 team members.

Paraben :
Paraben sponsored the 1st place US Undergraduate and 1st and 2nd Place US Government and Military categories offering the Paraben Device Seizure Software & Toolbox to all teams and a paid internship to the Undergraduate winner(s).

The US Cyber Challenge (USCC):
The USCC sponsored the 1st place US Undergraduate Winner offering a trip to the 2012 DoD Cyber Crime Conference (conference fees excluded) for up to 4 team members.

AccessData:
AccessData sponsored the 1st place US Undergraduate Winner offering a copy of Access Data FTK current version, two free training classes (online or in classroom), a optional 60 Day internship, and paid travel expenses and hotel room

Dell:
Dell sponsored the US Overall and US High School categories offering a Dell Streak 7 tablet for up to 4 team members.

McAfee:
McAfee sponsored the US Community College Winner offering Skullcandy headphones, the Hacking Exposed book, McAfee Total Protection software, and a lunch box/sack for up to 4 team members.

2011 Winners' Circle

CATEGORY (SPONSORS)

TEAM NAME

# OF PLAYERS

AFFILIATION

POINTS

Grand Champion (DC3)

LoneWolf

1

Sabanci University, Turkey

4,789

Overall Civilian Winner (EC-Council)

DFRC

4

University of South Korea, Korea

2,762

Overall Commercial Winner (EC-Council)

Northrop Grumman

4

Northrop Grumman, United States

3,471

Overall High School (EC-Council)

AlphaPHS

4

Poolesville High School , United States

854

Overall Undergraduate (EC-Council)

SIGSEGV

4

Arizona State University, United States

3,532

Overall Graduate (EC-Council)

LoneWolf

1

Sabanci University, Turkey

4,789

U.S. Overall Winner (DC3, BlackBag, Dell)

SIGSEGV

4

Arizona State University, United States

3,532

U.S. Government Winner (EC-Council, AFCEA, NIST OLES, Paraben)

0x90

4

Department of Defense, United States

3,269

U.S. Military Winner (EC-Council, AFCEA, Paraben)

DCIS SEFO

4

Defense Criminal Investigative Service, United State

1,105

U.S. High school Winner (SANS)

AlphaPHS

4

Poolesville High School , United States

854

U.S. Community College Winner (CyberWatch/JHU, CIS, McAfee)

CSI-207-001

4

Anne Arundel Community College, United States

924

U.S. Undergraduate Winner (SANS, AFCEA, Paraben, Access Data)

SIGSEGV

4

Arizona State University, United States

3,532

U.S. Graduate Winner (SANS)

DSU MSIA-2

1

Dakota State University

1,549

Non-U.S. Overall Winner (IMPACT)

LoneWolf

1

Sabanci University, Turkey

4,789

U.K. Overall Winner (UK Challenge, McAfee)

Icarus

1

Lancaster University, United Kingdom

2,098

2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge

The 2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is in progress. Final Submissions are due before 2 Nov 2012.